Wheel-mount for vehicles.



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PATENTED MAY l, 1906.-

d z a G. D. MUNSING.- WHEEL MOUNT FOB VEHICLES.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1905.

'To all whom it may concern:

city of New York fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

of which are enlarged or extended laterally U I E STATES GEORGE D. MUN SING,

No. 819,303. Specification of Application filed September 26, 1905. Serial No. 280,201.

OFNEW YORK, N. Y. 7

- lNHEEl -MOUNT FOFi VEHICLES.

Letters Patent. Patented May 1, 1906.

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. MUNsING, a c1t1zen of the United States, residing at the a in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheel-Mounts for Veh 1cles; and I do hereby declare the followmg to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyin drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to wheel-mounts, and has for its object to separately mount and. cushion each wheel, so that when passing over an obstruction or unevenness in the road the jolt ofone wheel will not be imparted to the others or to the vehicle-body. I also make the mounting such that the spring-supporting member for the wheel will not bind durlng the vertical movement of the wheel and provide auxiliary cushioning means with details of construction, to be hereinafter Referring to the drawings, in which like parts are s milarly designated, Figure 1 is an Fig. 2 is a side view, and Fig. 3 an elevation, of a mount for a steering-wheel and Fig. 4 is an elevation, partly in section, of a steering-wheel mount similar to Fig. 1.

Referring to F igj 1, the wheel-axle is provided with a fork 10 at its ends, the tines 11 and provided with perforations, the erfora tions in one tine being in vertical al nement with those in the other, in which perforations slide rods 12. The rods 12 are secured in the lateral projection 13 of a su port 14, in' which is mounted the wheel-spindie- 15'. Springs 16 surround the rods'12 and are held between the ends of projections13 and the upper tine, the rods being free to slide' through the perfora tions in'the tines; I

For light vehicles so much of the constructionwill give very good results, but for heavier vehicles I use in connection therewith a suplemental cushioning device consisting of a ell-crank 'lever 17, mounted on the upper tineofthe fork 10 and connected at one end by a link 18 to the support 14 and at the other end by a rod or link 19 to a piston 20' of a dash-pot or OUShlOIIiHg CYlIHdGI, 21. This cylinder has a perforation or air-port 22, closed b the piston when the latter has been partla 1& moved inward, and thereby confines a ho y of air acting as an air-cushion 'to retard the inward movement of the piston and cushion the upward movement of the wheel. A coil-spring 23 is placed in the cylinder 21, against which the piston 20 acts to assist or augment the action of the aircushion. A second coil-spring 24 connects the end of the piston-rod and bell-crank lever to the frame of the vehicle and also augments the resistanc the, wheel.. I

Figs. 2 and 3 show a mount designed for the steering-wheel, 10 being the fork, 12 the verticall .-movable rods, located tween the upper tine of the-fork and the support extensions 13. The support in this case is forked, as shown at 14, and

through the tines thereof loosely passes a.

bolt or rod 25, extended somewhat below the main fork 10 and having on its end a rod 26-, to which is 'connected the steering-bar, as is customary. On rod 25 and within fork 14 is mounted the vertical boss 27 of a steering-wheel 28, so that this wheel, whose boss is rigidly connected to rod 25, will be free to turn within the fork.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a structure identical with that shown in Figs. 2 and 3 and, co-

and 16 the springs operating therewith, the auxiliary cushionin device shown in Fig. 1 and consisting of link 18, connected to 14 and bell-crank 17 rod 19, cylinder 21 havin air-port 22, piston 20, and s rings23 an 24, operating as described witli relation to Fig. 1.

Having thus described In I claim as new therein, andby Letters Patent, is-

1. In a wheelmount, the combination with a fork, of a sup ort, means at each side of the support in the ork to yieldingly and non-rotatably guide the same, and'a wheel-spindle secured to said support between said means, substantially as described.

invention, what desire to secure 2. In a wheel-mount, the combination with' a fork; of a support non-rotatablein the fork and vertically movable between the tines of the fork, a wheel-spindle secured to the support, and cushioning means at each side of the s indle to cushion the movement of the spin e and support, substantially as de-- 3. In a wheel-mount, the combination with a fork; of a support having lateral extensions, coil-springs between the extenslons IIO and the fork to permit non-rotatable vertical I spindle secured to the.support.

5. In a wheel-mount, the combination with a fork; of a support, means to yieldingly and non-rotatably mount the support in the fork, a second fork on the support and a wheelspindle mounted to turn on a vertical pivot in the second fork, substantially as described.

6. I11 a Wheel-mount, the'combination with a fork; of a support having lateral extensions, rods fixed to the extensions and passing through the tines of the fork, coil-springs surrounding the rods and between the extensions and upper tine of the fork, a second fork on the support, "a revoluble pivot-pin passing through the tines of the fork and a wheel-spindle fixed on and movable with said pin between the tines of the second fork.

7. In a Wheel-mount, the combination with a fork; of a support, means to yieldingly mount the support in the fork, a dash-pot, a

0 piston therein and mechanism to operatively ,donnect the piston and support.

8. In a wheel-mount, the combination with a fork; of a support, a dash-pot and piston, means to operatively connect the piston and 3 5 support and a coil-spring to assist the cushioning action of the piston.

9. In a wheel-mount, the combination with a fofk; of a support yieldingly mounted therein, a dashpot, a piston and a spring 40 therein and means to operatively connect the piston and support.

10. In a wheel-mount, the combination with a fork; of a support yieldingly mounted therein, a dash-pot, a piston and a spring therein, a piston-rod jointed to the iston, a bell-crank lever mounted on the ork and connected at one endto the piston-rod, a link connecting the other end of the bellcrank to the support and a spring connected at one end to the vehicleframe and at the other to the piston-rod.

11. In a wheel-mount, the combination with an. axle havinga fork on its ends; of a support in the fork, means to yieldingly hold the support in the fork, a dash-pot having an air-port, a iston and a spring therein, said port contro led by the piston, a piston-rod, a bell-crank lever operatively connected at one end to the rod, a link connecting the other end of the bell-crank lever to the support, a second fork on the support, a pivot-pin loosely mounted in said second fork, a wheelspindle fixed on the pin within the fork and a coil-spring to antagonize the movement of the piston-rod and bell-crank lever from their normal positions.

12. The combination with a vehicle-wheel, an independent yielding mount for the wheel whereby said wheel will have relative vertical movement independent of the other wheels on the vehicle, a dash-pot out of the line of movement of said mount, a piston in the dash-pot and devices operatively connecting the piston and mount, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention Ihave signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE D. MUNSING. Witnesses:

THOMAS I'IOGAN, A. ELLIOTT RAMSEY. 

